How common is the surname Nilsson?

3,223 people in the United States had the surname Nilsson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. It ranked 10,001st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nilsson?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Nilsson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Nilsson?

Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (1941–1994), followed by Nils John Nilsson.

Where is the surname Nilsson most common?

Wikidata records people named Nilsson in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Nilsson getting more or less common?

More common. 3,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,223 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Nilsson

A surname, carried by 3,223 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nilsson is more common than 93.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,223 people named Nilsson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,079.

#10,001

rank among US surnames

3,223

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,680)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,994	Shoaf	3,227	95,676
#9,997	Sword	3,225	95,735
#9,998	Jaques	3,224	95,765
#10,001	Dubon	3,223	95,794
#10,006	Cortinas	3,222	95,824

Who is named Nilsson

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Nilsson identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nilssons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harry Nilsson
American singer-songwriter (1941–1994)
Nils John Nilsson
American computer scientist and AI researcher (1933-2019)
Dave Nilsson
Australian baseball player (born 1969)
Rob Nilsson
American film director, born 1939

Notable Nilssons come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nilsson

Nilsson has the Soundex code N425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N425.

Questions

How common is the surname Nilsson?: 3,223 people in the United States had the surname Nilsson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. It ranked 10,001st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nilsson?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Nilsson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Nilsson?: Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (1941–1994), followed by Nils John Nilsson.
Where is the surname Nilsson most common?: Wikidata records people named Nilsson in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Nilsson getting more or less common?: More common. 3,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,223 in 2010, up 4.7%.